Orde questions G20 policing
Updated on 12 May 2009
The future head of the Association Chief Police Officers, Sir Hugh Orde, says uneven protest policing is unacceptable.
Using disproportionate force is unacceptable and "does huge damage to the credibility of policing".
Strong words from the future head of the Association of Chief Police Officers, Sir Hugh Orde, as he was questioned by MPs investigating the handling of last month's G20 protests.
The Commons committees also heard from one protester who said he had been punched in the face as police cleared the largely peaceful Climate Camp.
Later, the Metropolitan Police's acting assistant commissioner, Chris Allison, defended the handling of the G20 protests and the protection of the international leaders' summit at the ExCeL Centre in London's Docklands.
Mr Allison said: "Taking the event as a whole, our view is the event at ExCeL passed off successfully. We managed major protests without major disorder and damage to property.
"As a whole, in terms of the operation, the overwhelming majority of officers worked extremely professionally in very difficult times. They worked long periods and behaved totally professionally in very difficult circumstances."
Channel 4 News has obtained new footage of those violent scenes.
